Paresh Parmar, Vice President

Paresh Parmar

Vice President

Unibeton Ready Mix

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Advanced Management Programme (AMP)
Experience
17 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :17 years, 9 Months

Vice President at Unibeton Ready Mix
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • January 2014 to December 2019

1 Leadership responsibility in Development, appraisal and finalization of annual business plan strategy for all the country markets along with Country Business heads and presented the same for shareholders’ approval

2 Spearheaded appraisal of all investments for business; growth, cost control, technology improvement and process improvement with feasibility study and cost benefit analysis

3 Impacting organization profitability through long-term strategic initiatives and governance structure and objectives; collaborating with the team members in formulating strategic business plans entailing budgeting and forecasting

4 Spearheading the business performance review and forecasting and organizing periodic management reviews with board and shareholders and report on risk assessment and mitigation plans for execution to help short and long-term plans

5 Lead the strategic procurement, negotiated hard on procurement of plant and machineries in the industry best terms with first of its kind with Lease to own option in the industry and meticulously drafted customized specification and with stringent acceptance criteria and performance criteria and aided the growth of the business without the need of CAPEX

6 Steered effort in Leading the team to achieve the EPD certification, the first and only concrete producer in Middle East to achieve this environmental sustainability certification

7 Developed and implemented for purchase and sales authority matrix for decentralization of decision making

8 Worked closely with Board in drafting and implementing performance based compensation policy for management Team

9 Engaged in Recruitment all Core heads including Business heads

10 Conducted examination of Debtor Receivable’s, credit approval, controls & escalation triggers on defaulting / Risky customers

Senior Manager at Unibeton Ready Mix
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • May 2013 to January 2014

1 Conducted management reviews on business plan performance measures and suggested on pain points, periodically

2 Spearheaded in successful development and implementation of Dashboard for Management and Department on business performance across all the countries

Technical Manager at Unibeton Ready Mix
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2010 to May 2013

1 Played a key role in performing comprehensive market research for business development and growth, establishment and ventures into new countries by performing due diligence on PESTLE analysis across 4 new countries and succeeding in 2

2 Adroitly engaged in Pricing and negotiation in with the clients on commercial and contractual terms on multi-million cubic meter mega projects and successfully secured Award of KAFD-Riyadh, Riyadh Metro, Qatar Metro

3 Established and Implemented Balance Scorecard for Performance Measure of Company with alignment to Departments and finally to the individuals KRA & KPI

4 Spearheaded Quality Assurance and Control function for maintenance of ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 in coordination with the prevailing team

5 Championed and Restructured the Workshop function under BOT scheme to bring availability to set target of 90% level. Also managed to refurbish the scrapped Transit Mixers to cater to Business growth opportunity without injecting CAPEX in the aftermath of recessionary environment when there was limitation on access to new capital to spur growth.

6 Essayed a stellar role in technology enhancement for R&D project on the application of Workability probes on Truck Mixers for assessing the workability, temperature and rheological properties

7 Strategized the project baselines for construction and Demobilization of factory with standardized; design, SOP’s, RAM, WBS, BOQ, Project Cost Codes and Schedule for controlling projects with respect to cost, resource deployment, time overruns and quality compliance for satisfactory execution of projects

8 Proactively worked in committee for devising a robust Policy on Intellectual property rights for employees

9 Gained experience on settlement of dispute, by ADR through Arbitration from LCIA London

10 Proactively worked as Key team member on getting assessed on principle of EFQM and getting prestigious awards from Dubai Quality Award (DQAP-2009) and Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award, Abu Dhabi (SKEA-2010)

Assistant Technical Manager at Unibeton Ready Mix
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2008 to February 2010

1 Initiated best practice to Review and Analysis of Mix Costing’s periodically and action out low profitability projects

2 Established comprehensive Dashboard on Technical Performance based on Statistical reporting

3 Conducted Work-study to improve the productivity of Fleet by eliminating inefficiencies

4 Visited overseas for managing prequalification of Mineral additives Raw Material Sources in India and China

5 Steered efforts for streamlining the company at the time of global recession for effectively enhancing the productivity

Assistant Technical Manager at Unibeton Ready Mix
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2008 to February 2010

1 Initiated best practice to Review and Analysis of Mix Costing’s periodically and action out low profitability projects

2 Established comprehensive Dashboard on Technical Performance based on Statistical reporting

3 Conducted Work-study to improve the productivity of Fleet by eliminating inefficiencies

4 Visited overseas for managing prequalification of Mineral additives Raw Material Sources in India and China

5 Steered efforts for streamlining the company at the time of global recession for effectively enhancing the productivity

Sr. Consultant Production & Supply Chain at Unibeton Ready Mix
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • November 2006 to March 2008

1 Established Core Operations processes and SOPs and deploying various methodologies, divisions, processes and recommending modern practices to save execution time and realize operational efficiencies

2 Devised the functional requirements of Fleet Management System and its Business intelligence for operational planning

3 Conducted Research on effect of Ageing on performance of Fleet
Quality Control Engineer at Unibeton Ready Mix, Abu Dhabi from Jan 2005 to Nov 2006 - under 2 years

4 Performed in-depth audit of Technical Department as well as assessment of Operating Guidelines

5 Initiated CRM by start conducting Customer satisfaction Survey and undertook initiatives of enhancement

6 Restructured the Raw Material Management Policy covering the process, authority matrix, controls and reporting

Quality Control Engineer at Unibeton Ready Mix
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2005 to November 2006

1 Performed in-depth audit of Technical Department as well as assessment of Operating Guidelines

2 Initiated CRM by start conducting Customer satisfaction Survey and undertook initiatives of enhancement

3 Restructured the Raw Material Management Policy covering the process, authority matrix, controls and reporting

Production Engineer at RDC Concrete (India) Pvt Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • November 2003 to January 2005

About the company: RDC Concrete was originally known as Unitech Prefab Ltd. It was the First Commercial Ready Mix Concrete manufacturing company in India having operations in Mumbai and North Indian region

Job Profile:

1 Shift In charge for Execution of Concrete Production pour order in Mumbai

2 Review of Design mix, Quality Control by Testing of Raw Material, properties of concrete in Fresh and hardened state

NDT Engineer at Epicons Consultants Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Thana
  • May 2003 to November 2003

1 Carrying Structural appraisal of Old and Dilapidated structures involving condition survey and mapping of cracking, leakages and soundness of structure for spalling of concrete, with further structural appraisal by Schmidt rebound hammer test for strength of concrete and Ultrasound pulse velocity test for soundness of concrete and finally propose a suitable the repair methodology to contractor

2 Structural Inspection and appraisal of Blast affected CNA Plant

Trainee Engineer Civil at Kontra Construction Pvt Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • December 1998 to December 1999

1 Worked as Trainee Site Engineer at project Construction of STP for Hotel Orchid, Mumbai, 1st Ecotel 5 star hotel in India - gained exposure on Quality control, Site inspection and Billing of Works

2 Structural Repairs of Maharashtra State Cooperative Banks headquarter at fort, Mumbai. - gained exposure on site on condition survey, indenting of Raw Materials, supervision of works of structural repairs, polymer modified mortar etc and Billing of work including obtaining client certification of works

Education

Master's degree, Advanced Management Programme (AMP)
  • at Indian Institute Of Management Ahmadabad
  • November 2018

Successfully passed 1 year, off campus at Dubai and on campus at Ahmadabad in Nov-2018

Bachelor's degree, Construction Engineering
  • at University Of Mumbai
  • May 2003

Earned scholarship of 100% fees for 2nd year of B.E. Construction from Sir Ratan Tata Trust for meritorious performance. Presented paper at inter-college event on the topic, “Rehabilitation of structure in distress” at Confluence 2001 organized by M.H.Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai Was Team Leader of Project as part of curriculum on, “Repairs of Bridge Structures”. Covering systematic diagnosis (Inspection and Testing) of structure and its structural repairs

Diploma, Licentiate in Civil And Environmental Engineering
  • at Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute
  • May 2000

Was Team Leader of Project, “proposal of small dam for reforestation of abandoned quarry in Thane Manpada region of Sanjay Gandhi National Park” this was actually used by the social activist in coordination with forest department

Specialties & Skills

Manufacturing
Performance Management
Business Strategy
Operation
Management
Business Development & Growth
Team Management and Leadership
Strategic Procurement
Vision & Leadership
Strategy Planning and Execution
Financial Adminsitration
P&L Management / Budgeting & Controlling
Project Management
Contract Management & Dispute Resolution
Quality Management
Operational Excellence
Business Transformation
Performance Management
operations management
risk management
Concrete
Commercial
procurement
supply chain management
problem solving
planning
operation
negotiation
office management
logistics
materials
team leadership
accounts receivable
marketing
auditing
teamwork

Languages

English
Expert
Gujarati
Native Speaker
Hindi
Intermediate
Marathi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

3 days international workshop on, “Concrete for the modern age – Development in materials & process" (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2017
Successfully completed course on “Balanced Scorecard” (Training)
Training Institute:
Orion Development Group at Abu Dhabi
Date Attended:
April 2011
Duration:
8 hours
Successfully completed course on “Strategy Maps” (Training)
Training Institute:
Orion Development Group at Abu Dhabi
Date Attended:
April 2011
Duration:
8 hours
Presented paper at inter-college event, “Rehabilitation of structure in distress” (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2001
Seminar on “Repairs, Rehabilitation and Durability of Concrete structures" (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2003
1 day workshop on “Elements of R.C.C. Design of Slab” (Training)
Training Institute:
Ambuja Cement
Date Attended:
September 2001
Duration:
8 hours
2 days Workshop on “Formwork Design and Inspection” (Training)
Training Institute:
Ambuja Cements at Mumbai
Date Attended:
August 2001
Duration:
16 hours
Attended 2 days workshop on, “Advanced concrete mix design and testing” (Training)
Training Institute:
Ambuja Cement
Date Attended:
June 2000
Duration:
16 hours
Attended 2 days’ workshop on, “Concrete Mix design and testing” (Training)
Training Institute:
Ambuja Cement
Date Attended:
June 2000
Duration:
16 hours